“Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill” at Cape May Stage

“Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill”
by Lanie Robertson

A Biographical celebration of Billie Holiday's life and music. Set in a small bar in Philadelphia in March of 1959 (just four short months before her death) this extraordinary play chronicles her rise to fame as a big band songstress - in spite of a segregated society - her troubled relationships and her finaltragic end. Featuring 16 of the songs that made her famous.

Performed by Cape May Stage
At Robert Shackleton Playhouse
Performances ran
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 thru Saturday, November 22, 2008

Note: These recording are not of the productions list here, but of Broadway or Hollywood versions.